Album Review: Fine Fascination by Red Light Company

If it's illegal, self-destructive or likely to result in long-term unhappiness, Red Light Company want to sing about it, employing man-sized anthems as their medium. At least, that's what they say about themselves, creating the tantalising prospect of a Babyshambles with actual tunes. As ever, the truth isn't as exciting. The American/British/Australian quintet do focus on pain, drug and sex addiction, suicide and, ahem, the stress of maintaining a relationship with a model - but their pedestrian take on things produces profundities such as "Listen to your heart" and "Destruction: something I need, it's a friend of mine".

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